Etxebarri is a station on lines 1 and 2 of the

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. It is the southern terminus of line 1. The station is located in the

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Etxebarri Etxebarri, Doneztebeko Elizatea ( es, Etxebarri, Anteiglesia de San Esteban) is a town and municipality located in the province of Biscay, in the Autonomous Basque Community, in the North of Spain. Since 13 January 2005, the name of "Etxebarri ...

, part of the

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. It was opened in 2005. The station is on Fuenlabrada street, next to a

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parking facility. The

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commuter railway network has

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with the same name at a distance of about , but the two stations are not connected.

Services

The station is served by the

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to Ibarbengoa and

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, and also by

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from

Basauri Basauri is a major municipality of Biscay, in the Basque Country, an Autonomous Community in northern Spain. The town is a part of the Greater Bilbao conurbation, being only a few kilometers south of Bilbao. It is an industrial town that also in ...

Santurtzi Santurtzi ( es, Santurce; eu, Santurtzi ) is a port town in the province of Biscay, in the autonomous community of Basque Country, Spain. It is located in the Bilbao Abra bay, near the mouth of the Nervión river, on its left bank, 14 km dow ...

. Connecting bus services are provided by EtxebarriBus, a local bus service managed by the

municiaplity. The metro station is the starting point of the two lines of the system; line 1 connects the station with the neighborhood of Santa Marina, crossing the main urban area of the city, while line 2 links the metro station with the Legizamon area.

Future

The original project of the line 5 of the metro network was unveiled in 2008, with the final project being presented in 2010. It involved the construction of a new underground line between the towns of Etxebarri and

Galdakao Galdakao is a town and municipality located in the province of Biscay, in the autonomous community of Basque Country, northern Spain. It is located in the Greater Bilbao, in the valley of the Ibaizabal river, near the Ganguren mountain range. I ...

, ultimately reaching the Galdakao-Usansolo hospital. This project involved making Etxebarri one of the termini of the new line, where it would connect with the existing two lines of the system. The economic crisis that has since affected the region has delayed the project and altered some aspects of it. In May 2018, the

Basque Nationalist Party The Basque Nationalist Party (, EAJ ; es, Partido Nacionalista Vasco, PNV; french: Parti Nationaliste Basque, PNB; EAJ-PNV), officially Basque National Party in English,) was rejected by party members in November 2011. Nonetheless, the party did ...

and the

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presented a new proposal which suggested the possibility of taking advantage of the existing overground rail infrastructure between Etxebarri and Galdakao currently managed by

in place of the original underground project. As of 2018, a final decision has not yet been taken.

References

External links

* {{Metro Bilbao line, line1=yes, line2=yes Bilbao metro stations located above ground Line 1 (Bilbao metro) stations Line 2 (Bilbao metro) stations Railway stations opened in 2005 2005 establishments in the Basque Country (autonomous community)